Tuesday 28 April 2015

Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab, and Docetaxel in HER2-Positive metastatic breast cancer

Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab and Docetaxel in HER2-Positive metastatic breast cancer. NEJM 2015, 372: 724-34


Swain, S.M., et al.


http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1413513?af=R&rss=currentIssue


In patients with metastatic breast cancer that is positive for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), progression-free survival was significantly improved after first-line therapy with pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and docetaxel, as compared with placebo, trastuzumab, and docetaxel. Overall survival was significantly improved with pertuzumab in an interim analysis without the median being reached. We report final prespecified overall survival results with a median follow-up of 50 months.